Coming off a solid performance on Monday, the Westwood Rockets got their first win of the year as they crushed Moore County on Tuesday night. Westwood used a stifling defense to hold the Raiders scoreless in the 2nd and 3rd quarters on their way to a 37 to 13 win. Nine different Rockets scored on the evening led by Collin Ward who had 7 points. Shawn Anderson and Rod Brinkley each netted 6 points for Westwood. The win improves the Rockets to 1 and 3 on the year.     The Lady Rockets improved to 4 and 0 with...

Click here for Pete Weber’s Game winning call   Filip Forsberg scored the only goal of the shootout to lead the Nashville Predators to a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night. James Neal scored twice and Mike Fisher and Shea Weber also scored for the Predators, winners of five of six. Nashville’s last two wins have come via a shootout. Predators goalie Pekka Rinne allowed four goals on 29 shots through overtime, but he was sharp in the shootout, denying all three Lightning shooters. Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, Ryan Callahan and Erik Condra scored for the...

The Lady Rockets basketball team of Westwood Middle School continued the strong start to their season on Monday night as they dropped Cascade 30 to 19 at the Joel Vinson Gym.  Westwood, who has started the season at 3 and 0, got off to a strong start holding Cascade to 5 points in the first half.  The visiting Lady Champions had no answer for the speed and quickness of the Westwood defense as Westwood forced turnovers and bad shots throughout the first half.   Westwood was led in scoring by Morgan Jones who finished with 12 points, 8 of those...

Coffee County got a big night from Vanderbilt commitment Alontae Taylor who finished with 342 yards of total offense as they manhandled Warren County on Friday night 46 to 7.  The Red Raider defense continued their sterling play as they forced 4 turnovers on the night.  The Raiders opened the scoring with 9:09 left in the first quarter as Tyrese McGee hauled in a 42 yard touchdown pass from Taylor.  Freshman Andrew Mahaffey stalled the ensuing Warren County drive as he intercepted a pass at the goal line to save a touchdown.  The lone Warren County score came in...

The top 3 Red Raider cross country runners each shaved about 90 seconds off their previous best times at Sharp Springs in Saturday’s MSCCA Midstate High School Championship Meet in Smyrna.  James Lynn led the Raider harriers as he finished in 35th place with a time of 5:52.7.  Edgar Marceleno finished in 82nd place with a time of 6:11.1.  Neil Slone finished in 97th place with a time of 6:19.2 while Bradley Kishbaugh was a step behind at 6:20.0.  Andy Rosson finished with a time of 6:31.5 to give Coffee County a 14th place out of 36 silver division teams. For the...

Click to hear Pete Weber’s Post Game Report James Neal scored twice in regulation, then tallied the winner in the shootout, and the Nashville Predators finished off their three-game road trip with a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night. The Preds are now 4-1-0 on the season and head home after capturing four out of a possible six points on the East Coast trip. “It was a good road trip,” Neal said. “We talked about it going into the third period, you can have one win and two losses going home and it was a huge...

The Coffee County Red Raider football team looks to gain their first region win of the year tonight as they play host Warren County in the final home game of the year. Tonight will also be celebrated as Homecoming and Senior Night. The team and community gathered on the square on Thursday night for the 2nd Annual Homecoming on the Square, including a homecoming parade and pep rally. Tonight, the seniors will be honored in the pregame beginning at 6:30 PM with homecoming activities slated to occur at halftime. Thunder Radio will bring you all the action beginning at 6 PM...